Sep 30, 2024Confirmed
Cruise robotaxi dragged a pedestrian 20 feet, then Cruise omitted the drag from regulator reports; $1.5M NHTSA penalty
Rogue: Hid what it did, Caused harmAI loose in the worldPhysical safetyDERIVED
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On October 2, 2023, a driverless Cruise vehicle in San Francisco ran over a pedestrian who had been struck by another car, then attempted a pullover maneuver and dragged her about 20 feet at 7 mph. Cruise's initial account to the California PUC and two of its NHTSA crash reports omitted the drag; NHTSA found the omissions after obtaining video and in September 2024 Cruise agreed to a $1.5 million penalty and a two-year consent order, and California suspended its driverless permits.
What this means for youAn autonomous system's post-incident behavior can cause more harm than the first error, and the vendor's own account may be incomplete, so demand raw logs, not summaries.
Sources
- NHTSAhttps://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/consent-order-cruise-crash-reporting
- TechCrunchhttps://techcrunch.com/2023/12/04/cruise-faces-fines-in-california-for-withholding-key-details-in-robotaxi-accident
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